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Article: Dr Miriam Stoppard's Health Focus Today: PEPTIC ULCERS Lining up trouble.(Features)
- Article from:
- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 7, 2003
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Byline: Miriam Stoppard
IS your indigestion simply heartburn or is it something more serious? Could it be an ulcer?
In this context "ulcer" means peptic ulcer and the word "peptic"denotes an ulcer in or close to your stomach which comes into contact with your digestive juices - and there's more than one type.
But why do they form? This week Miriam reveals how medical thinking has changed over recent years.
EXPERTS once thought peptic ulcers were due to excess stomach acid, but now we know infection with bacteria is the root cause.